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Legislative Predictions

The 2023 session of the South Dakota legislature will have plenty of critical issues and possibly some drama. State Chamber…

Used Machinery Values Increasing

Used machinery values have been increasing and producers are seeing that with the recent auction sales.

Watching Weather Conditions

As we know, it’s been dry across the Mid-west, so how’s the top-soil conditions across the area.

SD Attorney General’s Office Adds Missing Persons Coordinator

South Dakota Attorney General Mark Vargo says he has filled two new positions in his office. A Missing and Murdered…

Missed Housing Opportunities

State Representative Roger Chase of Huron was the guest speaker this week for the board meeting of the Pierre Economic…

Leadership Transition at Northwestern Energy

The leadership team at Northwestern Energy will make a transition at the end of the year with long time C.E.O.…

Jacks Women Lose at Montana State

The South Dakota State women’s basketball team rallied from an 18-point deficit but could not complete a comeback over Montana…

Senators Ernst and Grassley Push EPA To Accept E-15 Year Round

U-S Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley both Iowa Republicans and members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined a bipartisan…

Preparations are Being Made For South Dakota Soybean Expo

Preparations are being made for the annual South Dakota Soybean Expo scheduled for December 8th at Sioux Falls.  Jerry Schmitz…

Northwestern Energy C.E.O. Retiring

Bob Rowe, C.E.O. of Northwestern Energy for the past fourteen years will be retiring from that position at the end…

Recent Headlines

1 week ago in Local

WHAT DOES MARIJUANA RECLASSIFICATION MEAN FOR SOUTH DAKOTA?

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – President Trump’s executive order to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule 1 to a…

1 week ago in Local

GOVERNOR RHODEN ANNOUNCES $200,000 GRANT SUPPORTING KEEP FARMERS FARMING PROGRAM

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On Monday, Governor Rhoden announced a $200,000 grant from the Future Fund for…

1 week ago in Local

ICE’S YEAR IN SOUTH DAKOTA, FROM SMALL TOWNS TO OPERATION: PRAIRIE THUNDER

SOUTH DAKOTA (Molly Wetsch / South Dakota News Watch) – Five months after Operation: Prairie Thunder officially began, the South Dakota…

2 weeks ago in Local

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ECONOMIST SAYS FARM ECONOMY HAS HELD BACK SALES TAX REVENUES

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota’s State Economist Derek Johnson told the state Banking…

2 weeks ago in Local

STATE SPENDS $43,000 IN TROOPER OVERTIME FOR OPERATION PRAIRIE THUNDER

PIERRE, S.D. (John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a saturation patrol…